Cedar Tavern

University Place and E. 8th Street, New York, NY 10003

Description

Demolished in 1964, the Cedar Tavern was a nondescript neighborhood bar on the west side of University Place, a few doors up from 8th Street. In the 1950s it became the favorite hangout of major artists of the decade. Among the regulars: Jackson Pollack, William deKooning and Franz Kline. They were in turn joined by such literary figures as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Frank O’Hara